Sasquatch Hunter's Almanac

By Sharma Shields

Book Overview

A dark, fantastical, multi-generational tale about a family whose patriarch is consumed by the hunt for the mythical, elusive sasquatch he encountered in his youth

Eli Roebuck was nine years old when his mother walked off into the woods with "Mr. Krantz," a large, strange, hairy man who may or may not be a sasquatch. What Eli knows for certain is that his mother went willingly, leaving her only son behind. For the rest of his life, Eli is obsessed with the hunt for the bizarre creature his mother chose over him, and we watch it affect every relationship he has in his long life--with his father, with both of his wives, his children, grandchildren, and colleagues. We follow all of the Roebuck family members, witnessing through each of them the painful, isolating effects of Eli's maniacal hunt, and find that each Roebuck is battling a monster of his or her own, sometimes literally. The magical world Shields has created is one of unicorns and lake monsters, ghosts and reincarnations, tricksters and hexes. At times charming, as when young Eli meets the eccentric, extraordinary Mr. Krantz, and downright horrifying at others, The Sasquatch Hunter's Almanac is boldly imaginative throughout, and proves to be a devastatingly real portrait of the demons that we as human beings all face.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 162779199X
• ISBN13: 9781627791991
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Excellent and interesting

I wasn’t sure what was going to happen, I enjoyed the trip through the book, some of it made me happy some of it made me sad. It was such a good book I bought the rest of her books and was not near as pleased. But I love this one and I’m keeping it to reread in a few years